Holder



Aug. 4, 1925;

A. M. HALL HOLDER Filed April 26, 1924 INVENTOR.

. ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANNIE M. HALL, OF JASONVILLE, INDIANA.

HOLDER.

Application filed April 26, 1924. Serial No. 709,250.

T 0 (d! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE M. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jasonville, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to av holder designed primarily for use for removably holding a drinking cup or glass in an inverted position, but it is to be understood that a holder, in accordance with this invention can be employed for any purposes for which it is found applicable, and the invention has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a holder having means for supporting a drinking cup or glass in an inverted or draining position and further having means for collecting the drippings from the cup or glass when the latter is supported in an inverted position.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a holder for the purpose referred to, having means for removably supporting drinking cups or glasses of varying diameters or sizes in an inverted position to pre vent foreign substances from collecting in the interior of the cup or glass when mounted on the holder, under such conditions preventing the cup or glass from becoming uncleanly and which would be the case if it was supported in an upright position for the entry of foreign substances.

Further objects of the invention are to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a holder for drinking cups or glasses, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, thoroughly efficient and convenient inv its use, readily assembled, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is an elevation of a holder, in

accordance with this invention and further illustrating in dotted lines a drinking cup or glass removably mounted therein.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary View, in elevation at right angles to Figure 1 of the holder, and further illustrating in dotted lines a drinking cup or glass mounted thereon and of greater size than the cup or glass shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary .view in section, of the lower portion of the holder.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a holder in accordance with this invention, comprises a base 1, of substantial weight for the purpose of maintaining the holder up right under normal conditions, and the base 1 can be: constructed of any suitable material, such. as wood or metal, and can be of any desirable contour, preferably circular, and secured to the upper face of the base 1 is a collecting pan 2 of substantial height and which corresponds in contour to the shape of the base 1.

Mounted centrally of the pan 2 is a vertically disposed standard 3 of substantial height and of any suitable contour, pref crablv cylindrical. Extending through the base 1 and engaging with the bottom of the pan 2, and further extending into the lower end of the standard 3, as well as engaging therewith, is a threaded hold-fast device 4, in the form of a screw of substantial length for fixedly securing the base 1, pan 2 and standard 3 together.

Mounted on, as well as frictionally engaging with the upper terminal portion of the standard 3, is a holder member formed from spring wire and consisting of a head piece 5 having depending therefrom two pair of supporting arms. The arms of each pair of arms are oppositely disposed with respect to each other and with the arms of one pair arranged at right angles with respect to the arms of the other pair. The arms of one pair are generally referred to by the reference character 6, and the arms of the other pair are referred to generally by the reference character 7. The arms 7 are of greater length than the arms 6 and depend below the same.

The upper terminal portion of each of the arms is extended inwardly at right angles, as at 8, with respect to the remaining portion of the arm and the said inwardly eX- tending portion 8 terminates in the lower end of the head piece 5. The inwardly extending portions 8 of the arms are seated direcltly upon the upper terminus of the standart 3.

The intermediate portion of each of the arms 6 is indicated at 9, and the intermediate portion of each of the arms 7 is indicated at 10. The intermediate portions 9 and 10 depend from the inwardly extending portions 8 and are. disposed at an outward inclination with respect to the standard 3. At the point of mergence of the intermediate portions 9 and lO'with the inwardly extending portionsS, the arms frictionally bind against the standard 3.. The intermediate portions 9 of the arms 6 are of less lengthv than the intermediate portions 10 of the armsT.

Each of the arms 6 is formed with a hookshaped lower terminal portion 11 and each of the arms 7 has a hook-shaped lower terminal portion 12 which are arranged below the lower terminal portions 11 and sweet greater size than these latter.

The arms 6 and 7, in proximity to their lower terminal portions are connected together by a length of flexible wire 13, looped around each of the arms, as at 1A, and positioned circiunferentially with respect to the standard 3 and with the loops Ll acting as a spacing medium for the intermediate portions of the arms with respect to the standard 3. The arms 6 are employed for supporting in an inverted position, a drinking cup or glass 15, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure Land the arms 7 are employed for supporting in inverted position a drink ing cup or glass 16, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2. The arms 6 support the smaller drinking cups or glasses, and the arms 7 support the larger drinking cups or glasses. The length of therarms 6 and 7 is such that when the cup or glass is supported, it will extend above the head piece 5 and be removably mounted so it can be quickly removed for use when desired. As the cup or glass is'supported in inverted position, the arrangement prevents the collecting of foreign substances therein so as to prevent the Cup or glass becoming unsanitary.

advantages of the holder, for the purpose referred to, can be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, yet

changes in the details of construction can be had which will fall within the light of the invention as claimed.

'What I claim is i g A holder comprising a base, a standard, means for connecting the standard and base together, a plurality of hook-shaped supporting arms opposing theupper part, of the standard and having the upper terminal portions thereof arranged over the top of the standard and connected together, said arms further having inwardly extending portions intermediate theirends seated on the top of the standard, and means for connecting said arms together below said in Wardly extending portions, said means engaging the standard and maintaining the arms in spaced relation. l t

In testimony whereof, I afiixmy signature hereto. a

- ANNIE M. HALL. 

